Archives for April 2012

Woke up at 6:00 Costa Rican Time (about 8:00 Eastern : -), went out once to do necessary shopping, then spent the rest of the day unpacking, doing laundry, and doing our best to relax and get caught up.

Last view of garden statue

Hotel Restaurant

Breakfast buffet again, final packing, then once again our friend Paulo met us and drove us to the airport. Final goodbyes, much security at the airport (they even had another go on the jetway from the gate to the plane! Made me drink two whole bottles of water just to keep from losing them! Nuts!), then settled in for the relatively short flight home. Landed in Miami a little behind schedule, about 6:00, no problems, had the shuttle from the car park place come and get us, and off we went! Arrived back at my brother’s in the evening, barely had enough energy to say hello and good-night to him, reunited with the kids (little Billy was beside himself with whimpering and squeaking, Marina just wiggled and wiggled her fat bum!) Settled down for a short evening, then crashed, thrilled with our vacation, glad to be back with the kids, kind of sorry we have to get back to the grind, but definitely with our batteries recharged and rejuvenated!


Last view of mountains of San Jose



 Slept late, went down to the usual breakfast buffet in this fabulous hotel (though I have to admit, I finally had to pass on the Gallo Pinto, CR’s national breakfast food. I’ve had just about as much frijoles and arroz, i.e. rice and beans, as I can take right now!) The day was blustery and cool, a refreshing change from the heat we’ve been experiencing everywhere else in CR, but not a good day for the pool, so we ended up staying in our room, reading and sleeping, not ONCE tempted to turn on the TV. At home it ALWAYS on, but we haven’t had access, and now we don’t really have interest. I’m sure nothing has changed much since we left! Went back to the bar around 3:00 for ice cream and coffee (and a little something extra just to celebrate our vacation), then went back up for more rest. Finished off the day with a lovely dinner before packing and retiring early, preparing for our early wakeup tomorrow.